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Mathrubootham: Most Freshworks Revenue Growth Comes from New Customers

Girish Mathrubootham · Prediction: Freshbworks IPO Coming Next Month? Founders Thinking in 2018 · Jun 9, 2021 · at 20:03

Freshworks founder and CEO Girish Mathrubootham explains whether growth is driven by new logos or existing account expansion.

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“So mostly new customers.”

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Most of Freshworks' revenue growth is driven by new customer acquisition rather than account expansion.

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Assessment

According to Freshworks Inc.'s Form S-1 filed with the SEC in August-September 2021, the majority of the company's revenue growth was driven by existing customer expansion rather than new customer acquisition across the relevant reporting periods. Specifically, for full-year 2020, existing customer expansion accounted for $46.2 million (approx. 59.8%) of the $77.3 million total revenue increase, while new customers accounted for $31.1 million (approx. 40.2%). For the six months ended June 30, 2021, existing customer expansion drove $36.4 million (approx. 62.3%) of the $58.4 million total revenue growth, while new customers accounted for $22.0 million (approx. 37.7%). Subsequent Form 10-K disclosures for FY 2021 and FY 2022 showed existing customer expansion continuing to account for over 70% of revenue growth.

Freshworks SEC Form S-1 (August/September 2021): For FY 2020, $46.2M (59.8%) of $77.3M revenue growth came from existing customer expansion; $31.1M (40.2%) came from new customers.
Freshworks SEC Form S-1: For the six months ended June 30, 2021, $36.4M (62.3%) of $58.4M revenue growth came from existing customer expansion; $22.0M (37.7%) came from new customers.
Freshworks Form 10-K (FY 2021): Existing customer expansion accounted for $86.0M (70.8%) of $121.4M total revenue growth.

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